Caring Matters
As parents we want our kids to fit into cultural mores that we think are appropriate. Many of us feel threatened when our children fail to comply with our sense of what is best. So [Read More]
All of us are born with an instinctive self-protective mechanism called neuroception. Without thinking, we can quickly access a situation/ person and decide if it is safe to engage or not. However, this natural ability [Read More]
Being sexually abused is being violated in the most private part of our bodies and psyche. Something which is so personal and precious has been forcefully taken by a bully who knows he can get [Read More]
One is always shocked at the sudden death of a young person. More so, when a person chooses to end his/her own life. Why People Commit Suicide? Suicide is an extreme solution to seemingly insurmountable problems. [Read More]
After years of being so tuned to every nuance, tone, word, and action of others, I am slowly beginning to feel free of the expectations of others. I am no longer hypervigilant. I don’t feel [Read More]
“The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation”, writes the noted child trauma therapist Bruce Perry. We, humans, are social [Read More]
With all the brouhaha going on about the 20th death anniversary of Princess Diana, I can’t but help feel a wee bit nostalgic about my own mom’s death. Her sons Prince William and Prince Harry [Read More]
Being nice to someone does not require great efforts or big sacrifices, however, we miss out on creating change in our world. Being nice is so simple yet we have been programmed by our society [Read More]
Dying must have been difficult for my mother, the pain of cancer must have been less than the pain of leaving behind two young kids. As a mother, my constant thoughts are about what will [Read More]
I did not know what hate was when my mother was alive all I knew was love. Then she died and suddenly I was in HateLand where I was mistreated and became the receptacle for [Read More]